Adampur Airport , Jalandhar is the primary airport serving the cities of

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and

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. It is located at Adampur Town of

district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. The airport was much needed by the Doaba Region of Punjab as the two other main airports Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport and

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are 100 and 145 km distant respectively.

History

The Adampur Airport's foundation stone was laid by India's Ex Finance Minister

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on December 16, 2016 after taking in account its viability reports drafted by government agencies.

Infrastructure

The Airports Authority of India has built a passenger terminal at a cost of ₹ 18 crore at Kandola village of Jalandhar district adjoining the airbase to facilitate commercial civil aviation. The Central Government had cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up the Adampur Airport, Jalandhar in July 2015 after AAI had inspected the proposed site of 50 acres of land after receiving No Objection Certificate from

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. Commercial flights started on 1 May 2018 when

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began operations under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Service (RCS) of the Government of India.The new Terminal is being built up in an area of 75,000 sq.ft ( 42 acres ). The contract of the new Terminal has been given to edifice consultants. Screenshot 20220326-062241 Twitter

Statistics

The airport is mainly used to travel to Delhi with a very high passenger turn out rate of 97% per flight.

Airlines and destinations

Connectivity

Adampur Airport, Jalandhar is located at Adampur Town of Jalandhar district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

Adampur AirForce Station

Adampur Air Force Station, Jalandhar is also situated here. It is the second largest military airbase of India. It lies within of the Indo-Pak Border and is home to No. 47 Squadron IAF and

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. Jalandhar Airport is a very old base station. The base played a crucial role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On 6 September 1965, the PAF attacked Indian airfields at Pathankot AFS, Halwara AFS & Adampur AFS, Jalandhar. The attacks on Halwara and Adampur were failures. The Strike group turned back before even reaching Adampur. On 7 September 1965, the PAF

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(SSG) para commandos at three Indian airfields (Halwara, Pathankot and Adampur). The daring attempt proved to be an "unmitigated disaster". Only ten commandos were able to return to Pakistan, the rest were taken as prisoners of war (including one of the Commanders of the operations, Major Khalid Butt). At Adampur these troops landed in residential areas where the villagers caught and handed them over to police. The

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on western front started with

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on 3 December 1971. Pathankot Air Force Station was hit and runway heavily damaged. Pathankot was covered by interceptors from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar following this first strike during the time it took the ground crew to repair its runway."My years with the IAF" by Air Chief Marshal P C Lal During 1999 Kargil Conflict flying from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar, Mirages of No. 7 Squadron IAF struck Tigerhill, Muntho Dhalo and Tololing. Roundel of India

Jalandhar Air Force Station operates MiG-29UPG variant after recently completed overhauls to the older B/UB fleet. MiG-29B Adampur

References

External Links

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